Attachment for lanterns



(No Model.)

P. 0. MARTIN. ATTACHMENT FOR LANT'ERNS.

No. 523,223. 7 Patented July 17, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

PRIMUS O. MARTIN, OF PADUOAH, KENTUCKY.

ATTACHMENT FOR LANTERN'S.

A SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,223, dated July1'7, 1894.

Application filed January 29, 1894. Serial No. 498,299- (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PRIMUS O. MARTIN, of the city of Paducah, McOrackencounty, and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Lanterns, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had 'to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment provided withcompartments that may be attached to lanterns, steam-gage lamps andlocomotive cab lights, my invention be ing especially adapted to carry,articles useful to anyone using a lantern, especially railroad employs,and at the same time provide a name plate and reflector for the lamp orlantern to which my device is attached.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain new and novelfeatures of construction that will be more fullyhereinafter describedand claimed.

In order that my invention may be more fully. understood, I will nowproceed to describe it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lantern, myimprovement being attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalviewthrough the central portion of my device, portions of the lanternalso-being shown in this view. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional viewthrough the lineoc-o: of Fig. 1. Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional viewof the modified form shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa longitudinal sectionalview, taken on the line .e'z of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectionalview, taken on the line y-y of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a top view of a portionof the match case, which I use in my device, Fig. 8 being a perspectiveview of the match receptacle or safe.

Similarfigures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 designates a lantern, such as is commonly used by railroad employs,and is provided with wire-guards 2-42, which, in turn, are strengthenedby the guards 3-3.

4 designates a rectangular metal plate, having in each corner a seriesof apertures 5, provided with hooks or rings 6 for attaching said plateto the wire'guards 3. As lanterns vary in size, by having a series ofthese apertures 5, the plate can be easily adjusted upon any lantern.The face of this plate 4: toward the globe of the lantern may bepolished or burnished, thereby serving as a reflector. .The

uppersportion of this plate. may be perforated or stamped with the nameof the owner of the lantern, or any name or number desired. To thecentral portion on the outside of this plate 4, is secured, preferablybysolder, a tube 7, said tube having near one end a partition 8. Theinterior of this cylinder from said partition to the end of the tube, isscrewthreaded for a purpose that will be hereinafter stated. 0n theother end of this tube 7 is formed a bead 9, thus providing an annulargroove on the interior of the tube 7.

A hollow plug 10, a portion of its outer periphery being screw-threaded,is adapted to be screwed into the end of the tube 7, which isscrew-threaded as previously stated. The interior of this plug forms areceptacle for flax-seed.

A wick-pick and tweezers 11, formed of a single piece of metal,andprovided with lugs 12, is adapted to be placed in the tube 7, the lugs12 engaging in the annular groove, previously mentioned. I g

When it is desiredto remove the wick-pick and tweezers, the portionforming the tweezers extending from the tube 7, is compressed, therebydisengaging the lugs 12 from the annular groove.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4,- a wick-pick alone is shown. Inthis instance the interior of the tube 7, adjacent the end, isscrewthreaded and adapted to engage screw-threads upon the periphery ofthe wickpick 11. A head 13 is formed upon the wick-pick, which forms ahold in engaging or disengaging the wick-pick from the tube.

A tube 13, considerably larger than the previously mentioned tube 7, issecured by means of solder, or in any suitable manner, immediately belowthe tube 7, and has near one end a partition 14, the interior of thetube from the partition lat to the end being screw-threaded. Acylindrical plug 15, provided with a head 16 and having its outerperiphery screw-threaded, is adapted to screw into the hollow tube 13,to the left of the partition. This cylindrical plug 15 has secured cilsharpener 17, said pencil sharpener being of the ordinary construction.A longitudinal slot 18 is formed in this plug 15, the edges of said slotbeing knife-edged. The apartment formed by this plug 15 in the tube 13is adapted to contain a roll of adhesive plaster 19. A match-box 20,cylindrical in form, l1aving a head 21 and end 22, is adapted to occupythe remaining space in the tube 13. The upper portion of this match-boxis cut away to a point near the head 21. A slot 23, slightly wider thanan ordinary match, connects this cut-away portion with the head 21. Alug 24, integral with the upper portion of this match-box, engages in aright-angle slot 25 formed in the top of the tube 13, thus forming whatis commonly known as a bayonet joint.

When my device is in practical use, it occupies a position as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. Should the person desire to use the wick-pick andtweezers, he compresses the tweezers, as before stated, and removes thepick from the tube 7, or it the pick be as shown in Fig. 4., he unscrewssaid pick from the ,tube 7. Should a flax-seed or seeds be desired, theycan be easily obtained by unscrewing the 1101- low plug 10, containingthem. Should it be desired to sharpen a lead pencil, the point .thereofis inserted in the pencil sharpener 17,

and the operation such as used to sharpen pencils by this form of deviceis completed. Should a portion of the roll of adhesive plaster containedin the cylindrical plug 15 be desired, said plug is unscrewed from thetube 13 and the end of said plaster brought through the knife-edged slot18. When the desired amount of plaster has been unrolled, by holding theroll stationary and bringing the unrolled portion of the plaster againstthe knifeedged slot 18, said portion can be easily and quickly cut fromthe main roll. Should a match or matches be desired, the lug 24 of thematch-box is disengaged from the slot 25 of the tube 7, and thematch-box removed.

A match or matches on the interior of the match-box can now be easilyremoved, but by reason of the slot 23, as before described and clearlyshown in Fig. 8, but one match can be removed at a time. Thus it will beseen how I have constructed a name-plate and reflector for lanterns,said plate carrying compartments, which, in turn carry articles veryuseful to users of lanterns, and especially to railroad employs.

What I claim is- '1. An attachment for lanterns or railroad lights,consisting of a plate having a series of holes and hooks, whereby saidplate is attached to lanterns or lamps, said plate con structed to forma reflector for the lantern or lamp, and having a nnmberof compartmentsin which are located articles useful to the carriers of lanterns,substantially as shown and described.

2. An attachment for lanterns or railroad lamps, consisting of arectangular plate having a series of apertures and hooks constructed tosecure said plate to the lantern, said plate carrying a tube in which islocated and held a wick-pick and tweezers, and a hollow plug which formsa compartment in said tube, substantially as herein specified and forthe purposes stated.

3. An attachment for lanterns or railroad lamps, comprising arectangular plate having a series of holes and hooks to secure theattachment to lanterns, the plate of said attachment having on its outerface, aplurality of tubes in which are located and held a wickpick, aremovable receptacle, a receptacle having a knife'edged slot and apencil sharpener, as shown and described, for the purposes stated.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PRIMUS O. MARTIN. Witnesses:

S. P. llIARTIN, L. J. House.

